Speakers
Speakers and workshops present practical case studies of how businesses have adopted technology and adapted their organisation. Inspiration and advice for all business leaders.
The overall theme for the expo centres around Resilience and will enable us to cover off topics such as:
•Environmental Resilience, Energy, Water and Waste
•Environmental Sustainability
•Health and life sciences
•Investing in nature: the implications and opportunities for innovation
Opening Address
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Louise Osborne
Assistant Director, Skills and Regional Engagement - University of Exeter
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Ahmed Goga
Great South West
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Richard Marsh
CEO of Exeter Chamber
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Stuart Elford
CEO of Devon & Plymoth Chamber
Environmental Resilience, Energy, Water and Waste
The panel will discuss the implications of climate change and environmental challenges on our water resources. They will discuss the need for collaboration across the water sector and academia, with an understanding that this will require an interdisciplinary approach championed by the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW).
The panel will discuss nature-based solutions to flooding, drought and other water resource management issues, and how this impacts the business at South West Water, the opportunities for which resolution can be solved through partnership and wider stakeholder engagement through mutual understanding such as CREWW's ambitions and public engagement.
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Dr Diego Panici
CREWW - University of Exeter
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Prof David Butler
Co-Director of Centre for Water Systems - University of Exeter
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Ellen Wiles
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Exeter.
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Sally Walters
Operations Director - Stantec
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Carolyn Cadman
Director of Natural Resources - South West Water
Environmental Sustainability
This session will include two presentations alongside a Q&A and will explore issues and potential solutions around soil erosion, soil health, and the sensor technology that has been implemented in recent successful projects.
We will also delve into nature-inspired solutions to sustainable chemical, fuel, and energy production from waste and biomass. As well as an insight to the University of Plymouth’s new Centre of Research excellence in Intelligent and Sustainable Productive Systems (CRISPS).
Brought to you in partnership with:
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Amanda Burton
Senior Consultant, Circular Economy
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Dr Lee Durndell
Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Plymouth
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Professor Will Blake
Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute, University of Plymouth
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Philippa Power
Partner, Dehns Intellectual Property Services
Digital innovation within health and social care in the region
This panel will discuss two pivotal sector-wide transformations driving digital innovation within health and social care in the South West of England: major capital projects including the NHS New Hospital Programme and Data Orchestration Command and Control Centres - both essential to meet the Government's ambitions of a digital-first and Net Zero NHS. Future capital projects will involve the comprehensive integration of technology into fabric, footprint, and flow, while command and control centres will harness the insights of clinical, environmental, and other data through nested orchestration layers and the intelligent use of AI, to provide predictive person-centred care community-based care. The discussions will draw on real world case studies and highlight opportunities for both local innovations and strategic partnerships between industry, academia and health and social care.
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Dr John Downey
Lecturer in Digital Health – University of Plymouth
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Judy Edworthy
Emerita Professor of Applied Psychology - University of Plymouth
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Rob Faro
Director South West and National Health - Tclarke
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Declan Hadley
Business Development Healthcare · Cisco UK&I - CISCO
Digital Tech Enhancing Health & Wellbeing
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Richard Taylor
Director and Co-founder of Mouse Design
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Gareth Allen
Managing Director, Sound View Media Ltd
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Sam Vine
Co-Director of Research & Impact - affiliated with University of Exeter and Cineon Training
Investing in nature: the implications and opportunities for innovation
The UK is one of the world’s most nature-depleted nations. How can businesses and developers help to restore nature and natural landscapes? Does on-site and off-side mitigation work, and what does best practice look like? What technology - especially around AI - do we need to verify ecological gain as biodiversity credits and Biodiversity Net Gain are rolled out, and how do we ensure that increased investment of private finance in biodiversity is a credible solution?
The panel will discuss the trials, tribulations, risks and opportunities surrounding biodiversity credits and off-setting. Explore what the new market and business opportunities are and how off-setting might provide additional and new investment into our region.
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Matt Walpole
Cornwall Wildlife Trust
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Dr Benno Simmons
University of Exeter
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Dr Holly Niner
University of Plymouth
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Ben Balmford
EnTrade
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Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi
University of Exeter
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Andrew Bell
North Devon Biosphere
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Frank van Veen
University of Exeter
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Joanna Clifford-Kitching
Manager in Natural England’s Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Team.
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Tim Youngs
Manager of the Blackdown Hills National Landscape
